[noarchy]

Obviously the voluntary actions people are taking is having an effect on the economy. But when you declare that entire sections of the economy are illegal ("non-essential"), then this has an even bigger impact. Now businesses that could have tried to stay open with certain precautions are simply out of business. This puts even more people out of work.

[makomk]

Also, the voluntary actions people are taking are affected by how they see this pandemic, which of course are in turn heavily affected by media reporting (and also how other countries have reacted).